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Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

credible

a)

believable

b)

cost money

c)

proof

d)

testimony

2.

evidence

a)

event

b)

proof

c)

not available

d)

folded

3.

evaluate

a)

proof

b)

believable

c)

figure out its worth

d)

cost of something

4.

assertions

a)

material left behind

b)

a statement without any proof

c)

a statement with proof

d)

feelings

5.

artifacts

a)

taco seasoning

b)

stone

c)

sound

d)

human made objects

6.

propaganda

a)

airplane part

b)

advertising that may not be true

c)

credible source

d)

proof

7.

speculate

a)

to guess

b)

proof

c)

a belief

d)

evidence

8.

skepticism

a)

trust

b)

proof

c)

questioning things; doubt

d)

belief

9.

Acronym to use when doing research to make sure you are asking the right questions.

a)

REAL

b)

MEAL

c)

LEAN

d)

LEAR

10.

What does BG/AG stand for?

a)

Before Grandma/After Grandma

b)

Before Ghosts/After Ghosts

c)

Before Google/After Google

d)

Before Goggles/After Goggles

11.

When historians make decisions, their findings....

a)

have to be backed up by facts, evidence, and proof

b)

are full of skepticism

c)

can't be proved

d)

do not include evidence

12.

Primary Sources

a)

First hand accounts

original documents

created items

at the time it occurs

b)

descriptions

interpretations

evaluations

of events after they happened

13.
a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

14.

An interview with the latest tech genius

a)

Secondary Source

b)

Primary Source

15.

Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

16.

opinion responding to the event to save the beaches.

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

17.
a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

18.

If you went to a .gov website, you would expect to find information on....

a)

college

b)

government

c)

purchasing

d)

televison

19.

My son visited an .edu website because he wanted to know more about....

a)

college

b)

government

c)

purchasing a car

d)

PETA

20.

If I wanted to learn more about autism and the organizations that help, what would the URL end with?

a)

.com

b)

.edu

c)

.org

d)

.gov

21.

If you visit walmart.com, you are going to.....

a)

college

b)

work for government

c)

buy something

d)

donate money

22.

When doing research in class, instead of using google, you will go to KYVL and search on.....

a)

Explora for middle school

b)

EBSCO

c)

Career Preparation

d)

opposing viewpoints

23.

explain a citation

a)

speeding ticket

b)

military achievement

c)

identify sources; quoting and paraphrasing the material

d)

summons to appear in court

24.

What is the importance of a citation?

a)

allow reader to follow up on what you wrote and verify claims you made in your writing

b)

gives you the opportunity to acknowledge the people whose ideas you used

c)

you acknowledge that the work you did is based on those that came before you and helps reader see connections between articles and books that make up your claim

d)

To keep you out of trouble and from getting a bad grade

25.

BCE

a)

Before Christ Existed

b)

Before Common Era

c)

Before Class Existed

d)

Between Common Era

26.

BC

a)

Between Classes

b)

Before Class

c)

Before Christ

d)

Between Christ

27.

AD

a)

After Death

b)

After Dessert

c)

After Dying

d)

Anno Domini

28.

CE

a)

Common Era

b)

Current Era

c)

Common Ear

d)

Common Existence

29.

BCE/BC: The higher the number

a)

the earlier the event happened

b)

the later the event happened

30.

CE/AD: The higher the number

a)

the earlier the event happened

b)

the later the event happened

31.

How many years separate the following two events: the Battle of Marathon (490 BCE) and the end of the Roman Republic (27 BCE)?

(a)  

32.

How many years separate the following two events: the signing of the Declaration of Independence (1776 CE) and when American women get the right to vote (1920 CE)? 

(a)  

33.

How many years separate the following two events: the invention of the first alphabet (1700 BCE) and the invention of the light bulb (1879 CE)? 

(a)  

34.

credible

a)

believable

b)

cost money

c)

proof

d)

testimony